Hellowiz is an AI-based purpose-driven community where we harness the wisdom of highly experienced professionals in retirement transition to guide future generations. The first version of Hellowiz was built by hiring a small tech team and design agency in India. As a bootstrapped founder, I formed a small team with some of my former colleagues to get us going. With my corporate background and technology and business experience, I was hands-on in launching the MVP of the marketplace with 100 users on our platform. Since we are starting our fundraising journey and business development, which limits my time to focus on product development and internal operations. I am looking for a co-founder skilled in marketplace development, tech innovation, project management and operations. The co-founder will own the product strategy and hands-on execution of our marketplace development.
- Strong technical innovation background, especially with marketplace type of product development.
- User experience and design: We are building a marketplace where retiring professionals offer services. We want the design to be easy and intuitive for older users.
- Program/Project management skills - we have a small development team in India who needs hands-on direction and management for both development and maintenance.
- Optional) - Prototyping skills with tools like Figma. We work with a design agency in India, but sometimes we need the ability to come up with initial design for the agency to evolve.
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The story of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 isn’t really about the fire. It’s about what happened next: A remarkable moment when the most brilliant engineers, architects and inventors came together to build a new city. Their innovations – born of passion and practical ingenuity – shaped not just Chicago, but the modern world. What started 140 years ago continues to this day. Chicago’s brightest digital designers, engineers and entrepreneurs are shaping new technologies, disrupting old business models, and resetting the boundaries of what’s possible.
1871 is Chicago’s innovation hub and the #1 ranked private business incubator in the world. It exists to inspire, equip, and support early stage, growth stage and corporate innovators in building extraordinary businesses. 1871 is home to ~400 technology startups, ~200 growth stage companies, and ~1,500 members, and is supported by an entire ecosystem focused on accelerating their growth and creating jobs in the Chicagoland area. The member experience includes virtual and in person access to workshops, events, mentorship, and more. The nonprofit organization has 350 mentors available to its members, alongside access to more than 200 partner corporations, universities, education programs, accelerators, venture funds and others. Since its inception in 2012, more than 850 alumni companies are currently still active, have created over 14,500 jobs, and have raised more than $3.5 billion in follow-on capital.
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